Miscellany, Jan. 28, 1946

Hit the Ceiling. In Tokyo, rickshaw boys and pedestrians sprinted their damnedest to comply with U.S. 35-m.p.h. speed limit signs.

United Animal Kingdom. In Tower, Minn., a power company's line inspectors, sick & tired of being attacked by dogs, bees and goats on check-up trips through the woods, got an airplane, which was promptly attacked by bald eagles.

Reconversion. In Dublin, N.H., in the widely popular "Swoppers" column of the magazine Yankee, one advertiser offered the Harvard Classics for a shotgun, another the complete works of Balzac for a .22 automatic pistol.

Out of Hand. Near Greenwich, Conn., John McGrath and Fairley Muehleck...

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